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Emschwiller, Lt. William M., U. S. M. C, Hyattsville, Md. : Scale exhibition 

 model 1 : 24 of the McDonnell FH-1 Phantom, a current type of Naval jet- 

 powered airplane (N. A. M. 752, loan). 



Enoleman, William F., Miami, Fla. : Tavo portrait busts, one of Adni. Richard 

 E. Byrd, Naval pilot and polar explorer, and one of Donald W. Douglas, noted 

 aircraft designer and manufacturer (N. A. M. 755). 



Gabber, Paul Edward, Washington, D. C. : Five Ijites, one a reproduction of that 

 used by Benjamin Franklin 200 years ago in his experiments with lishtning, 

 and four of Chinese origin in outlines of a butterfly, fish, bat, and bird 

 (N.A. M. 761). 



Habtney, Mbs. Harold, Washington, D. C. : Material associated with the military 

 and aeronautical accomplishments of her husband, the late Col. Harold 

 Hartney, commander of the First Pursuit Group, World War I (N. A. M. 767). 



Hebbing, M. G., Washington, D. O. : An aircraft propeller, wooden, two-bladed, 

 from an Aeromarine-40 flying boat, about 1921 (N. A. M. 779). 



HiLLEB Helicopters, Palo Alto, Calif. : The XH-44, original Biller-copter de- 

 signed and constructed by Stanley Hiller in 1944 ; it has two 2-bladed contra- 

 rotating rotors (N. A. M. 769). 



HuEBELL, Charles, Cleveland, Ohio : Scale exhibition model 1 : 16 of the Wright 

 Brothers' first glider, 1900 (N. A. M. 771, purchase). 



Htjndemeb, Chables, Baton Rouge, La. : A mixing valve or "puddle carburetor" 

 used on an airplane engine of the period 1908-1910 (N. A. M. 780). 



Jerome, Ivan, Massapequa, L. I., N. Y. : Original control stick from the helicopter 

 constructed by the Engineering Division of the U. S. Army Air Service, McCook 

 Field, Dayton, Ohio, 1922, designed by Dr. George DeBothezat and Mr. Jerome 

 (N. A. M. 768). 



KicKEET, Howard, Arlington, Va. : An aircraft propeller, wooden, 2-bladed, of 

 early design, used with a low-horsepower engine (N. A. M. 772, loan). 



Keieger, M. a., Dallas, Tex. : Scale exhibition model 1 : 24 of transparent mate- 

 rials showing construction of a German V-1 buzz bomb as used against Eng- 

 land, World War II ; with associated data (N. A. M. 781). 



Maetin, Glenn L., Co., Middle River, Md. : Two quarter-sized models of Martin 

 flying boats, one being the flying model with which characteristics of the Navy 

 PBM Mariner were predetermined ; the other the wind-tunnel model of the 

 Navy JRM Mars, long-range patrol and cargo plane (N. A. M. 774). 



Model Builders, Inc., William Chaffee, President, Chicago, 111. : Two scale ex- 

 hibition models, 1 : 16, illustrating the Nieuport 28 and Spad 13 airplanes flown 

 in World War I by Capt. Edward V. Rickenbacker (N. A. M. 760, purcliase). 



Navt, Depabtment of, Washington, D. C. : Parts of two wind tunnels recently 

 decommissioned at the Naval Gun Factory in Washington ; the earlier was the 

 8-foot square-throat wooden tunnel built in 1914 ; the other circular, of metal, 

 was constructed about 15 years later (N. A. M. 776). The "How-Goes-It- 

 Board." used by pilot and navigator of the Navy's Lockheed Truculent Turtle 

 which established the world record for nonstop distance, 11,822 miles, October 

 1, 1946 (N. A. M. 777). (Through Reaction Motors, Inc., Rockaway, N. J.) 

 The original Black Betsy rocket engine which served as prototype for the 

 engines that powered the first manned supersonic flight by the Air Force's 

 Bell X-1 and the Navy's Douglas D-558-2, which has flown higher and faster 

 than any other manned aircraft (N. A. M, 754). A collection of 48 aircraft 

 models, scale 1 : 72, of recent and current types ; used for training in aircraft 

 recognition (N. A, M. 751). 



Nichols, Malcolm E., The Familt of, Boston, Mass. : A small American flag, 

 .carried by Amelia Earhart on her first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, with 



